Why we yawn, hiccup and sneeze

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What is the point of these physical quircks? And do they have anything to do with sex?

Heard about Christopher Sands, the British musician who in January told of his desperation at having had hiccups for two years? That’s nothing. What about the woman who had an orgasm every time she yawned? Or the schoolgirl who sneezed every minute for 977 days. Or the man who sneezed every time he had a sexual thought?

Hiccuping, yawning and sneezing afflict us all, but they are also among our most mysterious ailments - underresearched and poorly understood because they are rarely life-threatening. But the handful of people who suffer extreme versions of these minor annoyances are more than freaks of